Some optimistic Tories hope Ruth Davidson might at some point make her way to down to Westminster via a by-election, leaving her open to run for the leadership. The Lobby consensus following her smashing conference speech last year was that it marked the beginning of a bid for the top job. Yet Ruth tells the Daily Politics it’s not going to happen:

“I will rule myself out, absolutely, I’ve got no interest in the job.”

Ruth doesn’t want to come down to fight an English seat, but if she could become an MP in Scotland…